Formic

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  • adjective. Of or relating to ants.
  • adjective. Of, derived from, or containing formic acid.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining to, produced by, derived from, or characteristic of ants. Also formicic.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Pertaining to, or derived from, ants; ; in an extended sense, pertaining to, or derived from, formic acid.
  • adjective. carbamic acid.
  • adjective. a colorless, mobile liquid, HCO.OH, of a sharp, acid taste, occurring naturally in ants, nettles, pine needles, etc., and produced artifically in many ways, as by the oxidation of methyl alcohol, by the reduction of carbonic acid or the destructive distillation of oxalic acid. It is the first member of the fatty acids in the paraffin series, and is homologous with acetic acid.
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  • adjective. Of or pertaining to ants.
  • adjective. Of, pertaining to or derived from formic acid (or from methane).
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  • adjective. of or containing or derived from formic acid
  • adjective. of or relating to or derived from ants
    • Word Usage
    "The California Highway Patrol indicates that the tanker was carrying a corrosive material known as formic acid."
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